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BirdNest
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<h3>Description</h3>

<p>Data on bird nests
</p>


<h3>Format</h3>

<p>A dataset with 84 observations on the following 12 variables.
</p>

<table summary="Rd table">
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    <code>Species</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> Latin species name</td>
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    <code>Common</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> Common species name</td>
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    <code>Page</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> Page in a bird manual describing the species</td>
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    <code>Length</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> Mean body length for the species (in cm)</td>
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    <code>Nesttype</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> Type of nest</td>
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    <code>Location</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> Location of nest</td>
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    <code>No.eggs</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> Number of eggs</td>
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    <code>Color</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> a numeric vector</td>
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    <code>Incubate</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> Mean length of time (in days) the species incubates eggs in the nest</td>
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    <code>Nestling</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> Mean length of time (in days) the species cares for babies in the nest until fledged</td>
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    <code>Totcare</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> Total care time = Incubate+Nestling</td>
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    <code>Closed</code> </td><td style="text-align: left;"> 1=closed nest (pendant, spherical, cavity, crevice, burrow), 0=open nest (saucer, cup)</td>
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<h3>Details</h3>

<p>Amy R. Moore, as a student at Grinnell College in 1999, wanted to study the relationship between
species characteristics and the type of nest a bird builds, using data collected from available
sources. For the study, she collected data by species for 83 separate species of North American
passerines.
</p>


<h3>Source</h3>

<p>Project by Amy Moore at Grinnell College
</p>


<h3>References</h3>

<p>The Birders Handbook, by Ehrlich, et al. (1988)
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